Windows Live Home
Encyclopedia
Windows Live Home is a web portal
launched by Microsoft
as part of its Windows Live
services. It aims to bring many of the Windows Live services together in one place. It provides a central location to access Windows Live services and monitor status information.
services, serving as the entry point to many other services. This services features the following:
Some of the early announced features for Windows Live Home include:
The final version of Windows Live Home was released on October 15, 2007. One notable feature of first release of Windows Live Home is the ability to set the location of the user and display the current weather conditions for the city or region selected. The color of the homepage also automatically changes according to the time of the day.
Windows Live Home was updated on December 2, 2008 as part of the overall Windows Live
Wave 3 update. In April 2010, http://live.com/, the former address of Live Search, which had become Bing by then, started linking to Windows Live Home. The service was updated to "Wave 4" release on June 7, 2010.
Web portal
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launched by Microsoft
Microsoft
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as part of its Windows Live
Windows Live
Windows Live is the collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft, part of their software plus services platform. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require...
services. It aims to bring many of the Windows Live services together in one place. It provides a central location to access Windows Live services and monitor status information.
Features
Windows Live Home integrates tightly with other Windows LiveWindows Live
Windows Live is the collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft, part of their software plus services platform. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require...
services, serving as the entry point to many other services. This services features the following:
- Ability to change the themes to be displayed on all Windows Live properties
- View the "Messenger social" feed for people in the user's network
- View recent activities for people in the user's network from Windows Live properties including Windows Live ProfileWindows Live ProfileWindows Live Profile is the website for Windows Live users to manage their profile information. It is a profile feature which displays information about the particular user, their recent activities, and their relationship with other Windows Live users. The profile is associated with a user's...
, Windows Live GroupsWindows Live GroupsWindows Live Groups is an online service by Microsoft as part of its Windows Live range of services that enable users to create their social groups for sharing, discussion and coordination.-Features:...
, Windows Live SkyDriveWindows Live SkyDriveWindows Live SkyDrive, initially called Windows Live Folders, is a free-of-charge file hosting service that allows users to upload files to a cloud storage and then access them from a Web browser...
, Windows Live Photos, and Windows Live MessengerWindows Live MessengerWindows Live Messenger is an instant messaging client created by Microsoft that is currently designed to work with Windows XP , Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, Xbox 360, Blackberry OS, iOS, Java ME, S60 on Symbian OS 9.x and Zune HD... - View recent activities for people in the user's network from a range of third-party Services, such as FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
, MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
, and LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a business-related social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. , LinkedIn reports more than 120 million registered users in more than 200 countries and territories. The site is available in English, French,... - View "Hotmail highlightsHotmailWindows Live Hotmail, formerly known as MSN Hotmail and commonly referred to simply as Hotmail, is a free web-based email service operated by Microsoft as part of its Windows Live group. It was founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith and launched in July 1996 as "HoTMaiL". It was one of the first...
" information such as any unread messages, upcoming birthdays and Calendar events, flagged messages, or unread social network updates - Update a user's personalized status message
- View MSNMSNMSN is a collection of Internet sites and services provided by Microsoft. The Microsoft Network debuted as an online service and Internet service provider on August 24, 1995, to coincide with the release of the Windows 95 operating system.The range of services offered by MSN has changed since its...
headlines - View online MessengerWindows Live MessengerWindows Live Messenger is an instant messaging client created by Microsoft that is currently designed to work with Windows XP , Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, Xbox 360, Blackberry OS, iOS, Java ME, S60 on Symbian OS 9.x and Zune HD...
contacts and chat with them using Web Messenger.
History
Windows Live Home was first revealed on August 3, 2007 at Microsoft Japan's annual Business Strategic Meeting 2008. It was expected that a new version of Live.com (later Windows Live Personalized Experience, now defunct) will be released in Fall 2007, featuring a new interface design together with Windows Live service integrations. Microsoft later confirmed that Windows Live Home is not a replacement for Live.com.- Providing access to emails and contacts through Windows Live Hotmail
- Showing upcoming calendar items from Windows Live CalendarWindows Live CalendarWindows Live Hotmail Calendar is a time-management web application by Microsoft as part of its Windows Live services. It is integrated into Windows Live Hotmail, the way that MSN Calendar was integrated into the MSN Hotmail service...
- Allowing blog and photo publishing direct to Windows Live SpacesWindows Live SpacesWindows Live Spaces was Microsoft's blogging and social networking platform. The site was originally released in early 2004 as MSN Spaces to compete with other social networking sites, and re-launched in 2006 as a part of a shifting of community services away from the MSN brand...
- Showing the status of Windows Live OneCareWindows Live OneCareWindows Live OneCare was a computer security and performance enhancement service developed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows. A core technology of OneCare was the multi-platform RAV , which Microsoft purchased from GeCAD Software Srl in 2003, but subsequently discontinued...
installed on the PC
The final version of Windows Live Home was released on October 15, 2007. One notable feature of first release of Windows Live Home is the ability to set the location of the user and display the current weather conditions for the city or region selected. The color of the homepage also automatically changes according to the time of the day.
Windows Live Home was updated on December 2, 2008 as part of the overall Windows Live
Windows Live
Windows Live is the collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft, part of their software plus services platform. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require...
Wave 3 update. In April 2010, http://live.com/, the former address of Live Search, which had become Bing by then, started linking to Windows Live Home. The service was updated to "Wave 4" release on June 7, 2010.